Yesterday I was able to complete and send my dissertation to Warwick Business School just before the deadline (31st March). Now it’s time to wait and see if I can participate to the graduation ceremony scheduled for the 18th of July.

Last month, I started this LinkedIn group for former and current DHL employees and it is amazing to see the overwhelming response by fellow “linkediners“. Almost 140 members in a month and now growing steadily at 8 requests a day.

Last week I was invited to the “Trackability” event in Fiera Milano City. I had really high hopes for the RFID sessions and I attended two of them to gather additional information for my project. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a lot of substance in what was presented. A lot of good intentions, some sales pitches, little info on pilots, no info on actual deployments nor value delivered in Italy…

The only interesting stuff I saw was presented on the StoLPan project introducing some business applications on an NFC-enabled mobile device (Alice Moroni, RFIDlab - Università Sapienza di Roma). Think of acquiring information, accessing services and paying in real time through your cellphone.

I took a walk in the various booths to find that only one vendor was actually showcasing some  RFID hardware…

Better luck next time.

 I created my first group in LinkedIn called DHL Alumni and designed the logo. It is dedicated to all past and current DHL executives, managers and employees, regardless of the specific corporate divisions. Its main objective is to use Linkedin as an instrument to network with each other and exchange ideas, thoughts and opportunities.